Urslen-Altar, geweiht wurde er Der Stammvater Conrad lebte von bis vor By the early fourteenth century a group of wealthy Zurich patrons realized that that glorious corpus of German courtly love poetry was in danger of being lost, so they dedicated much money and time to the copying of those songs.

Jahrhundert politisch und wirtschaftlich sehr erfolgreich. A disproportionately large number of modern studies on the Middle Ages has drawn from this manuscript, and it is one of the most important national treasures of Germany today.

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The Manessische Liederhandschrift The Glory of Thirteenth-Century Book Illustrations in Southern Germany The year saw the apogee of medieval German courtly poetry, representing an astounding level of poetic maturity, sophistication, and rhetorical skills.

The most important manuscript, the Manesse manuscript, contains a treasure trove of the most valuable Middle High German love poetry, accompanied by stunning imaginary illustrations of the poets.